Three members of a family died when a motorbike and a bus collided with each other in Gaushala Municipality-1 of Mahottari district on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Amrit Mandal, his wife Anju Mandal (24) and niece Anshu Mandal (6). Inspector Manoj Kumar Yadav of the Area Police Office Gaushala, the bus (Ba 2 Kha 2396) heading towards Bardibas from Samsi collided head-on with the bike (Madhesh Pradesh 01-004 Pa 6819) today.

Critically injured in the incident, they breathed their last during the course of treatment at various hospitals, he said.

The bus driver fled the scene after the incident.